ܕܒܐ

From Proto-Semitic *dubb- (“bear”).

• (Classical Edessan) IPA^(key): [ˈdɛb.bɑ]
• (Eastern Syriac) IPA^(key): [ˈdɪb.bɑ]
• (Western Syriac) IPA^(key): [ˈde.bo]

ܕܒܐ • (debbā) c (plural ܕܒܐ (debbē))

1. bear
   • Peshitta, 2 Kings 2:24:

     ܘܢܦܩ ܬܪܬܝܢ ܕ̈ܒܝܢ ܡ̣ܢ ܥܒܐ: ܘܦܪܬ ܡܢܗܘܢ ܐܪܒܥܝܢ ܘܬܪܝܢ ܛܠܝ̈ܝܢ.

     wa-nəp̄aq tartēn debbīn men ʿāḇā, wə-p̄arreṯ menhōn ʾarbəʿīn wa-ṯərēn ṭəlāyīn.

     And there came forth two she bears out of the wood, and tare forty and two children of them.

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